Combination harrow and cultivator.



Patented Nov. l2; I901.

I A. B|LLlNGsLE A-- COMBINATION HARBOW AND GULTIYATOR.

(Application filed July 2, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ASA A. BILLINGSLEA, OF SHERIDAN, ARKANSAS.

COMBINATION HARROW AND CULTIVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 686,575, datedNovember 12, 1901.

Application filed July 2, 1901. Serial No. 66,869. KNO model.) A

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ASA A. BILLINGSLEA, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sheridan, in the county of Grant and State of Arkansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Harrows andCultivators, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is a combination harrow and cultivator; and it consists ofacross-beam carrying adjustable teeth, a tongue-beam, and a circularbrace wit-h bolts and nuts for carrying the angle of the tongue-beam andholding the various parts of the device together.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of mydevice. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of Fig. 1

on the line X X, the front end of the tongue and the upper end of'thehandle being left off. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of one endof the cross-beam, showing the manner in which the teeth are secured inthe Fig. 4 shows perspective views of the two rear plates to which thetongue is hinged. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of a standard adapted tocarry plow-feet. Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing one of the twoplates used, one on the upper and the other on the lower face of thetongue-beam. Fig. 7 is a perspective View of a clamping? plate securedto the lower face of the tongue-beam and below the circular brace. Fig.8 is a perspective view of a perforated plate secured to the under faceof the cross-beam.

My invention is described as follows:

1 is a cross-beam provided with recesses 2 in its front face, runningback horizontally, and running down through the cross-beam so as toconnect with these recesses 2 are perforations 3. Through theseperforations are inserted the standards 4 of barrow-teeth 5. Theseharrow-teeth may be made integral with the standards or they may besecured thereto in the same manner as plow-points may be securedthereto, as shown in Fig. 5. These standards 4 are held in place by U-shaped bolts 6, which pass through perforations leading from saidrecesses through the rear of the cross-beam and press said standardsagainst the rear wall of said recesses by means of nuts 7 on thethreaded ends of these U-shaped bolts, so that it will be seen the nutscan be loosened up a little, and the harrow-teeth or plow-points,whichever may be used, may be set at any angle desired. To strengthenthis cross-beam, I secure to the lower face of it a perforated plate 8,bolts passing through the two end perforations 9 and the standardsthrough the middle perforations 10. 7

Secured to the middle of the cross-beam are two plates 11 and 12, havingits rear end turned down to fit against the rear face of the cross-beamand having in its front end a perforation 13, the lower plate having itsrear end turned up to fit against the rear face of the cross-beam andhaving in its front end a perforation 14. A tongue-beam 15 is hinged tothe front face of the cross-beam between the two plates 11 and 12, justmentioned above. To the upper face ofthe tongue-beam is secured a plate16, having in its rear end a perforation 17, which corresponds to theperforations 13 and 14 in plates 11 and 12, and to the lower face of thetongue-beam is secured another plate 18, similar to plate 16, having inits rear end a perforation 19, corresponding to perforation 17 in plate16.

Secured to either end and to the under face of the cross-beam is acircular brace 20, its

bowed part extending forward and under the tonguebeam. This bowed partrides under the lower plate 18 and near its front end. This circularbrace is provided with a number of perforations 21. It is not materialas to the exact number of perforations .nor to the exact distance theymay be apart.

The tongue-beam is hinged to the crossbeam by means of a bolt 22, whichpasses through the perforations 13 and 14 in plates 11 and 12,andthrough the perforations 17 and 19, through the plates 16 and 18, and aperforation through the rear end of the tonguebeam, or said tongue-beammay not reach quite to the bolt 22, and in that case it would not benecessary to have a perforation through its rear end.

Hinged to the lower face of the lower plate 12 and secured to the lowerface of the tonguebeam' 15 is a plate 23, having a recess or offset 2ato accommodate the circular brace. The circular brace rides against thelower face of the plate 16 and rides in said ofiset 24, said ofiset,however, not being as deep as the circular brace is thick. Bolts and 26pass through the plates 16, 18, and 23 and having on their lower endsthreaded nuts 27, so that by screwing these nuts up the said tongue-beammay be set at any angle in relation to the cross-beam. The nuts andbolts are usually sufficient to hold the brace tightly between the twoplates 18 and 23; but in order to provide against great strain in stumpyand rooty ground I have provided the perforations 21, so that a littlepin may be dropped, one on each side of the tongue-beam, through theseperforations when deemed necessary.

The device is provided with suitable handles 28.

Having described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

A combination harrow and cultivator, consisting of a cross-beam,provided with horizontal recesses in its front face; perpendicularperforations passing through said beam and said recesses; a perforatedplate secured to the bottom face of said cross-beam; standards passingup through the perforations in the bottom plate, perforations andrecesses in the cross-beam; threaded U-shaped bolts entering therecesses, and passing through rearward perforations,and around saidstandards, and adapted to clasp said standards and bind them against therear walls of said recesses; said U-shaped bolts being provided on theirthreaded ends with threaded nuts; two hinge-plates secured, one to thebottom, and the other to the top face and center of the cross-beam,their rear ends bent against the rear face of the cross-beam, and theirfront ends provided with perforations; plates, one secured to the upper,and the other to the lower face of a tongue-beam, their rear endsprovided with perforations; said tongue-beam hinged to the cross-beam bymeans of the four plates, just above mentioned and a bolt passingthrough the perforations in said plates; a perforated circular bracehaving each end secured to the ends of the crossbeam, its bowed partriding against the lower plate of the tongue-beam, near the forward endof said plate; a plate provided with an offset near its front end, andsecured to the hinged plate of the cross-beam at its rear end; its frontend perforated and adapted to be pressed up against the circular braceby means of bolts and nuts; handles secured to said hinge-tongue, andmeans secured to the front end of said tongue to attach a team,substantially as shown and described and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' ASA A. BILLINGSLEA. Witnesses:

W. D. MCDONALD, ALBERRY CHILDERS.

